The International Marine Mammal Conservation Society has launched another campaign for the whales, a campaign against Icelandic whaling. This comes shortly after Iceland announced it was going to hunt whales this year with an increased quota

After a two-year hiatus, Iceland has resumed its kill of endangered whales. Already, over 100 fin whales have been hunted and slaughtered - and there are plans to kill many more, including 10 humpback whales.

The Iceland Government has set up a committee to consider all aspects of whales and whaling in Iceland. They are set to review the impact of whaling on Iceland's international reputation, as well as the possibility of a whale sanctuary.

Now is the time for the U.S. to take significantly stronger measures - Iceland must be sanctioned for its actions. Please urge Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to certify that Iceland is undermining CITES under the Pelly Amendment, and also to...

Growing to nearly 90 feet long, the fin whale is the second largest living animal on this planet after the blue whale. It is a long slender marine mammal, whose great speed and lithe form earned it the moniker "the greyhound of the sea".Unfortunately

Growing to nearly 90 feet long, the fin whale is the second largest living animal on this planet after the blue whale. It is a long slender marine mammal, whose great speed and lithe form earned it the moniker "the greyhound of the sea".

For years, Iceland has flouted the international ban on commercial whaling by killing hundreds of whales, including the endangered fin whale. It will not stop until it is forced to do so. Urge President Obama to impose tough trade sanctions on Iceland,

As Iceland takes steps to promote its whaling industry, it ignores the benefits of a far more sustainable and profitable industry.
A 2009 report found that whale watching generated around $2.1 billion annually. Iceland's commissioner for the

Whales are intelligent mammals and should be respected for their complexity and evolutionary path. There is much to learn from them and commercially killing them is depleting their populations towards extinction.

Despite the fact that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has maintained a moratorium on commercial whaling since 1986, three nations continue to hunt whales. Iceland and Norway openly engage in commercial whaling, citing legal objections to the

Iceland is violating the International Whaling Commission's -IWC moratorium on commercial whaling, as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species -CITES. Iceland killed 273 endangered fin whales in the last two years, well above

Iceland continues to ignore the commercial whaling moratorium by the International Whaling Commission, and continues to kill endangered whales.
In 2010, the Icelandic whaling company Havlur exported over 800 tons of endangered whale meat. In 2009 and

NRDC and more than a dozen other organizations are calling on the Obama Administration to impose trade sanctions on Iceland for its escalating slaughter of fin and minke whales in recent years. Iceland continues to hunt and kill whales in defiance of an i